PugJesus@piefed.socialM to History Memes@piefed.socialEnglish · 11 days agoJohn Turkiye, founder of Turkiyemedia.piefed.socialimagemessage-square38linkfedilinkarrow-up1244arrow-down14
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minus-squarePugJesus@piefed.socialOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up69·11 days agoExplanation: Mustafa Kemal Ataturk is widely considered the founder of modern Turkiye - certainly the founder of the Turkish Republic. “Ataturk” literally means “Father of the Turks”, though, to be fair, the name was bestowed on him AFTER he founded the republic.
minus-squarethenextguy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·11 days agoAlso, he had an entire menagerie called Abdul.
minus-squarePugJesus@piefed.socialOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 days agoA rare Python reference!
minus-squareRoliverslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 days agoOooooh. For a moment I thought it’s because he did a good job and then people said Ataturk!
Explanation: Mustafa Kemal Ataturk is widely considered the founder of modern Turkiye - certainly the founder of the Turkish Republic.
“Ataturk” literally means “Father of the Turks”, though, to be fair, the name was bestowed on him AFTER he founded the republic.
Now 'at a turk!
Also, he had an entire menagerie called Abdul.
A rare Python reference!
Oooooh. For a moment I thought it’s because he did a good job and then people said Ataturk!